The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-10-30
1 sermon.

trieud Grover once rather iorcibly
OUT II. Now, our sermon this morn
ipg is intended to be di-cursive and
illogical both. but it will be pred
Gated "A, nearly on the truth as may
be-. aud let whose cOrus catch 1t that
may. When the little tin
pan papers say that all
they have to do to get press
report is to reach up and take it, they
depart from the healthy old command
which we have adopted Tor
our text this morning. When
they sny that such is the de-
cision of the courts, they lie because
all of the dc 'sions are exactly the
reverse Truth is Jewel which some
newspapers abhor rs they do clcanli-
ness, honesty, integrity, sobriety aud
fairness. We have also known law.
yers and preachers to depart from the
truth upon occasion. We have known
lawyers to say man was II thlei when
they knew better, and we have
known them to say they were honest,
when they knew their clients were
thieves of the first water. Once
upon time we had a very funny
sthtc of things here in Waco,
over this question and many illus
trious lawyers were driven into the
church nj the iron tipped end OF
sharp truth. We have knowI preach
ers TO depart from tho truth in fun
cra sermons, and have heard them
on their knees telling the Lord Ale
mighty the amightiest lies we ever
listened to. Especially is a preacher
liable to cnlongate the truth when 1t
touches his neighbor'S vineyard or
when he vouchcs for the integrity OF
n character which is useful TO him, at
times. We have known preachers to
stand by and hear the laity malign and
Islander each other, listen approviugly
too, and yet raise no objections
utter no word of reproot,
This is actually sharing in untrutn
and half speaking it. How many un-
truths are told in the confessional
How many untruths are uttered every
day in business? How many depart
ures from the strict line aud letter OF
truth are made in every love iuaking,
ut every social party, in every prom
ise uttered only to be broken: When
we take upon ourselves the obliga-
tiOn of the church, or some one or
men attach themselves every day, how
many untruths are uttered. In deed,
the amount ana character OF false
hood which has crept Into the every
day life of the people Is alarming. 1t
is dreadful. We acknowledge that all
forms OF untruth are wicked But
when SANDER seeks to injuru innocent
women, when untruth furnishes the
fair name of lovely woman, Civ.
ing her no show, but whitening
and blasting her Mt breath, then 1t
becomes despicable, and mean hey ond
compare, aud deserving Of death
Now, how often do we see these very
crimes committed daily? How many
men are there who thrive and smile
upon this sort of diet Men nor
women ithcr would Iie,wcrc there not
those VINO delight to hear it, IL is
the Old law OF supply and demand
after all. The vitiated taste and pros
tiiutcd appetite for this sort
of thing produces the men
/, and the women too, TO supply it,
We lind in every political campaign
theloltiost of our politicians and
statesmen descending to uutru,h tc
tear the opposition down or to bull
themselves up, and there no way e
gc, at them There is 40 remedy eX
Cep ef. We must commence wi /
the infant, and while we are teaching
him that he must be sobor that h(
must he pure and honest, we mus
also teach him that it is sinful TO lie
that it is unmauly to besl
false witnesses. That no truly grea'
man ever spent his youth in dissipa
ton, ialsehood ana other uncleal
practices Like intemperauce, false
hood must be made objectionable
disreputablo and indecent. This ii
the way to accomplish its destruction
and it will force newspapers, lawyers
preachers and politicians all to be-
truthful, or, al least, to have whole
some fear Of falsehood.